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PLAINTIFF RETAILER ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER PAYMENTS MADE TO A BANK STEMMING FROM THE HACKING OF MASTERCARD CREDIT CARD INFORMATION FROM THE RETAILER’S ACCOUNTS UNDER EQUITABLE SUBROGATION, MONEY HAD AND RECEIVED AND UNJUST ENRICHMENT THEORIES, COMPLAINT PROPERLY DISMISSED (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department determined MasterCard’s motion to dismiss this equitable subrogation and unjust enrichment action by plaintiff (Jetro) stemming from the the alleged hacking or attempted hacking of MasterCard credit card information from Jetro computer systems was properly granted. MasterCard has a contract with PNC, a bank, which provided that MasterCard could recover assessments against PNC because of the hacking. Jetro was required to indemnify PNC for those assessments and sued MasterCard to recover the payments. There was no contract between MasterCard and Jetro, so the only possible viable causes of action were equitable subrogation, money had and received and unjust enrichment, which were rejected because of the terms of the relevant contracts:

Pursuant to the doctrine of equitable subrogation, where the ” property of one person is used in discharging an obligation owed by another or a lien upon the property of another, under such circumstances that the other would be unjustly enriched by the retention of the benefit thus conferred, the former is entitled to be subrogated to the position of the obligee or lien-holder'” …

Here, Jetro’s indemnification obligation, set forth in its contract with PNC, was based on Jetro’s own “acts or omissions” relating to a data breach incident. The indemnification clause in the PNC-Jetro contract is broader than the obligation of PNC toward MasterCard with respect to data breaches. According to the complaint, the PNC-Jetro contract obligated Jetro to indemnify PNC for any penalties imposed by MasterCard, “even in cases when MasterCard violated the Standards or otherwise violated the law by imposing the assessment[s] in question.” In light of these contractual provisions, even accepting the allegations of the complaint as true … , in undertaking to indemnify PNC, Jetro satisfied its separate and distinct obligation to PNC, and it is not equitably subrogated to the rights of PNC as against MasterCard … . …

“The essential elements of a cause of action for money had and received are (1) the defendant received money belonging to the plaintiff, (2) the defendant benefitted from receipt of the money, and (3) under principles of equity and good conscience, the defendant should not be permitted to keep the money” … . ” The elements of a cause of action to recover for unjust enrichment are (1) the defendant was enriched, (2) at the plaintiff’s expense, and (3) that it is against equity and good conscience to permit the defendant to retain what is sought to be recovered'” … .

Here, the subject penalties were collected or retained by MasterCard pursuant to its contract with PNC, which then sought indemnification from Jetro pursuant to PNC’s separate contract with Jetro. We agree with the Supreme Court that the exercise by MasterCard of its purported contractual rights against PNC was independent of the determination by PNC to enforce its indemnification rights against Jetro. Therefore, it cannot be said that MasterCard unjustly benefitted from its action, or that it would be inequitable to allow it to retain the subject funds … . Jetro Holdings, LLC v MasterCard Intl., Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 07418, Second Dept 11-7-18

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